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All Festival Films

Explore all narrative and documentary features and short films in this year’s Festival. Use the filters to find the films and screenings you’re looking for.


Studio Spotlight

The Liberation

Film The Liberation Directed by Guy Nattiv Rita is entranced by the mesmeric Leader and renounces her family to embrace the world of the enigmatic...
Environmental Focus, Human Ties, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition

The Life We Leave

Film The Life We Leave Directed by JJ Gerber An ambitious entrepreneur and two funeral directors pioneer a groundbreaking eco-friendly deathcare facility in Washington state, challenging traditional…
Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight

The Lorraine

Film The Lorraine Directed by Sam Pollard Renowned documentarian Sam Pollard tells the astonishing, inspiring story of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, site of...
Cinema For Students Program, Human Ties, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition

The moon we love like a brother

Film The moon we love like a brother Directed by Iñaki Velasquez Two exchange students in Chile, Anya and Sung-Joon, are kidnapped by a rideshare driver who is clearly xenophobic.
Human Ties, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition, Robert French and French-Language Focus

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

Film The Most Beautiful Girl in the World Directed by Vassili Schneider Gabriel has become friends with "the most beautiful girl in the world." Obsessed with her, he sets aside…
Human Ties, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition, Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition

The Race

Film The Race Directed by Zoran Pribičević Sanja, Darko, and their 7-year-old daughter Mara live in perfect family bliss—until a sudden heart defect shatters their…
Animation Spotlight, Cinema For Students Program, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition, Spanish-Language Focus

The Scarlet Tamagochi

Film The Scarlet Tamagochi Directed by Francisco 'Visceral' Rivera A priceless toy has been stolen: The Scarlet Tamagochi. Iñaki and his turtle friend Cecilio become private detectives…

The Tiger Widows

Film The Tiger Widows Directed by Kaustuv Mukherjee A documentary feature about human survival, resilience and hope against all odds in the perilous forests of “Sundarbans”,…
Cinema For Students Program, Fine Arts Spotlight, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition

The Tuners

Film The Tuners Directed by Paweł Chorzępa In the shadows of the world's most important piano competition, a group of expert tuners spend a month…
American Indie Spotlight, Animation Spotlight, Cinema For Students Program, Human Rights Spotlight, Human Ties, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition, The Immigrant Experience

The Whistle

Film The Whistle Directed by Greg Franklin A Jewish doctor and his family are living a comfortable life in Cologne, Germany when, in 1938, the…
ARCHIVAL, Human Rights Spotlight, International Spotlight, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition, The Immigrant Experience

Theodor Herzl: The Man Behind Israel

Film Theodor Herzl: The Man Behind Israel Directed by Dominic Howlett, James Dann Theodor Herzl is one of the most consequential figures in modern history; yet almost no one knows his…
Human Ties, International Spotlight, Women In Film Spotlight

Those Who Whistle After Dark

Film Those Who Whistle After Dark Directed by Pinar Yorgancioglu After a supernatural encounter, retired Mr. Melih spirals into an existential crisis. As he ventures into a search…
Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, QFest LGBTQ Spotlight, Women In Film Spotlight

Tim Miller Citizen Artist: Performing Stories to Change the Ending

Film Tim Miller Citizen Artist: Performing Stories to Change the Ending Directed by Keenan OReilly Citizen Artist explores the life and career of the internationally acclaimed performance artist Tim Miller who, over his…
Human Ties, J. Kim & Sharon Tucci Italian Focus, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition, The Immigrant Experience, Women In Film Spotlight

Tiramisu

Film Tiramisu Directed by Katerina Munis In the aftermath of ICE raids, a temperamental Italian chef must bargain for help in his kitchen from…
Human Rights Spotlight, Human Ties, International Spotlight, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition, Women In Film Spotlight

Traces

Film Traces Directed by Alisa Kovalenko, Marysia Nikitiuk Traces shines a light on Ukrainian women who, after surviving conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) and torture during Russia’s…
Animation Spotlight, Asian Focus, Cinema For Students Program, Human Ties, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition

Trading Cards

Film Trading Cards Directed by Radheya Jang An enigmatic man journeys back in time to find his younger self, seemingly to revisit the nostalgia of…
Asian Focus, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition

Unbroken Reins

Film Unbroken Reins Directed by Udi Zaken On the vast Kazakh steppe, a young boy named Nurzhigit finds joy and purpose in caring for horses,…
Human Ties, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition, Spanish-Language Focus, Women In Film Spotlight

Under the Sun

Film Under the Sun Directed by Isabel Barajas On a vacation, 10-year-old Elisa wants her mother to teach her to swim, but Claudia's incessant work calls…
Cinema For Students Program, Human Ties, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition

Visiting Time

Film Visiting Time Directed by Sebastian Szewczykowski Ula wants to see her deceased son. Together with Dorothy, his girlfriend, she deceives the receptionist to get…
American Indie Spotlight, Human Ties, New Filmmakers Forum

Wake

Film Wake Directed by Devon M. Schwartz Four estranged siblings deal with difficult relatives and an anxious funeral director at their father's wake, where family…
American Indie Spotlight, Cinema For Students Program, Human Rights Spotlight, Human Ties, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition, The Immigrant Experience, Women In Film Spotlight

Water Cooler

Film Water Cooler Directed by Emma V.F. The Trump administration has turned immigration courts into deportation traps. As ICE agents wait to arrest their targets…
Cinema For Students Program, Fine Arts Spotlight, Human Ties

We Are The Shaggs

Film We Are The Shaggs Directed by Ken William Kwapis WE ARE THE SHAGGS is a music documentary about The Shaggs, an all-girl band that created some of…
Human Ties, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition

WEGWERF!

Film WEGWERF! Directed by Cole Edwards An anti-AI in the arts comedy. A hospice workers gets more than he bargained for cleaning the room…
American Indie Spotlight, Human Rights Spotlight, Human Ties, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, QFest LGBTQ Spotlight, Race In America: The Black Experience, Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition

What Will I Become?

Film What Will I Become? Directed by Lexie Bean, Logan Rozos Winner of the Amnesty International Film Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, What Will I Become? explores…